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Verse Esther 9:3. _AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE PROVINCES_] Mordecai
being raised to the highest confidence of the king, and to have
authority over the whole realm, these officers assisted the Jews, no...
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ALL THE RULERS ... HELPED THE JEWS - i. e. the Persians, who formed
the standing army which kept the Empire in subjection, and were at the
disposal of the various governors of provinces, took the Jews...
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THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR AND THE FEAST OF PURIM
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The resistance and victory of the Jews (Esther 9:1)_
2. Esther's petition (Esther 9:12)
3. The institution of Purim (Esther 9:17)...
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THE JEWS SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. Adar 13th, the dreadful
day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many
partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were
tho...
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_they that did the king's business_ See on Esther 3:9....
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Esther 9:1-10. Overthrow of the Jews" enemies
The story, omitting the intermediate months of preparation, now passes
to the date fixed by the decree for the Jews" overthrow....
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X. Preservation of the Jews, Esther 9:1-19
A. Power
TEXT: Esther 9:1-5
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Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his de...
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_AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE PROVINCES, AND THE LIEUTENANTS, AND THE
DEPUTIES, AND OFFICERS OF THE KING, HELPED THE JEWS; BECAUSE THE FEAR
OF MORDECAI FELL UPON THEM._
No JFB commentary on these verses...
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9:3 king, (a-18) Lit. 'the doers of the king's affairs.' see ch. 3.9....
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THE JEWS SLAY THEIR ENEMIES. INSTITUTION OF PURIM
3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190
9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the
Persian author...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 9
V1 The 13th day of the 12th month (the month called Adar) was the day
to carry out the king’s law. This was the day when the enemies of
t...
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HELPED. — Literally, _lifted up._ The same Hebrew verb is rendered
_furthered_ (Ezra 8:36)....
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וְ כָל ־שָׂרֵ֨י הַ מְּדִינֹ֜ות וְ הָ
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MORDECAI
Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1
THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate
ideas is evidently a
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DELIVERANCE BY THE SWORD
Esther 9:1
When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on
the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16, seventy-five thousand of
their assailants fell i...
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In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the
arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day
when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordecai...
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And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the
deputies, and officers of the king, (b) helped the Jews; because the
fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
(b) Honoured them and befriende...
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_Extolled. Protestants, "helped." Septuagint, "the king's secretaries
honoured the Jews." (Haydock)_...
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(1) В¶ Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the
thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree
drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we saw that even though the king had Haman killed on the
gallows he built for Mordecai, the damage he had done to the Jews was
still in motion!
1. Es...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10.
The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but
deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and
unacknow...
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AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE PROVINCES, AND THE LIEUTENANTS, AND THE
DEPUTIES, AND OFFICERS OF THE KING, BLESSED THE JEWS,.... Countenanced
them and encouraged them, and gave them all assistance in their...
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And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the
deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear
of Mordecai fell upon them.
Ver. 3. And all the rulers of the p...
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_All the rulers of the provinces, &c., and officers of the king_
Hebrews _and those that did the king's business;_ that is, not only
the chief persons, signified by the foregoing words, but all the
ki...
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THE JEWS VICTORIOUS
(vv. 1-17)
On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews
expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables
were turned completely, for besi...
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OFFICERS OF THE KING:
_ Heb._ those which did the business that belonged to the King...
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1-19 The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the
former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God,
they would not themselves have suffered. The Jews, acting toge...
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AND OFFICERS OF THE KING, Heb. _and all them that did the king's
business_, i.e. not only the chief persons designed by the foregoing
words, but all his other ministers or officers, of what quality
so...
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Esther 9:3 officials H8269 provinces H4082 satraps H323 governors
H6346 doing H6213 (H8802) H4399 kings H4428 helped...
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CONTENTS: Vengeance executed; the Jews victorious. Feast of Purim
instituted.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: When we have received signal mercies from God, we should
be quick t...
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Esther 9:1. _The enemies of the Jews._ The Chaldean paraphrase says
that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these
were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles which...
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_The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities._
THE WISE CONDUCT OF THE JEWS
The Jews acted--
1. Wisely. They acted in unison. “They gathered themselves together,
and stood for their lives....
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:1 THE JEWS... DID AS THEY PLEASED (v. Esther
9:5). They took full advantage of the opportunity to defeat their
attackers, as they were allowed to do (s
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 9:2. FOR THE FEAR OF THEM FELL UPON ALL THE PEOPLE] A general
terror spread from a feeling that the Jews were the special favourites
of the most high God; and while this feelin...
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EXPOSITION
RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT
A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
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So, when this day came,
there in the city of Shushan, there were five hundred men that were
slain by the Jews (Esther 9:6).
Men who were seeking the evil of the Jews. And so they were able to
take th...
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Daniel 3:2; Daniel 6:1; Daniel 6:2; Esther 3:12; Esther 3:2;...